Business Development Representative (Traineeship) - AI Tech Firm

About the Company

We are a Singapore-based AI transformation partner firm that builds tailored AI solutions around client workflows and data. The team bridges the gap between AI readiness and real business impact by designing and implementing custom AI assistants and related tools that solve specific business problems, rather than offering generic, one-size-fits-all products.

About the Role

We’re seeking a proactive, quick-thinking BDR to support our Sales team in lead generation and outbound outreach. You’ll help identify the right target companies, reach decision-makers, qualify opportunities, and book meetings for the founders/sales team.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys talking to people, is comfortable with outreach, and wants hands-on exposure to B2B sales in a fast-moving AI consultancy.

What You’ll Do

Under the guidance of the founders/sales lead, you will:

• Lead generation & list building: Research and build targeted prospect lists by industry, role, and pain point

• Outbound outreach: Run outreach via LinkedIn/email/WhatsApp (where appropriate), with follow-ups and sequencing

• Qualification: Ask the right questions to qualify leads (need, urgency, decision-maker, budget range, workflow pain points)

• Meeting setting: Book discovery calls for the founders/sales team and ensure clean handovers

• CRM & pipeline hygiene: Track outreach, replies, stages, and notes in a simple CRM/Notion tracker

• Market intel: Capture patterns (common pain points, objections, competitor mentions) and report weekly

• Support sales materials (light): Maintain a small library of snippets, company intro, use case blurbs, and short pitch messages

Your scope of duties may be reasonably varied or expanded from time to time by your supervisor in line with business and client requirements.

What You’ll Learn

• How B2B lead generation works end-to-end (ICP → outreach → qualification → meeting)

• How to sell AI solutions through problem discovery, not buzzwords

• How to position AI/automation around ROI, workflow bottlenecks, and operational impact

• Real exposure to founder-led sales: discovery calls, objection handling, and deal cycles

• Building a repeatable outbound process (messaging, sequencing, tracking, conversion rates)

What We’re Looking For

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or graduated, or have completed a Diploma (any discipline is fine). Attitude and ability matter more than field of study

• Strong written communication skills (clear, confident, not overly “salesy”)

• Comfortable speaking to new people and following up consistently

• Organised and disciplined with tracking (pipeline, notes, next steps)

• Curious about how businesses operate and where AI can create measurable impact

• Coachable, resilient, and not afraid of rejection (a natural part of outbound work)

Nice to Have

• Experience with LinkedIn outreach, cold email, or any sales-related internship/project

• Understanding of AI/LLM concepts (helpful for messaging, not required)

• Exposure to industries such as commodities, logistics, manufacturing, or finance

• Strong research ability to identify the right companies and decision-makers, and quickly understand likely pain points

• Basic copywriting sense for short outreach messages


This is in partnership with the Employment and Employability Institute Pte Ltd (“e2i”).
e2i is the empowering network for workers and employers seeking employment and employability solutions. e2i serves as a bridge between workers and employers, connecting with workers to offer job security through job-matching, career guidance and skills upgrading services, and partnering employers to address their manpower needs through recruitment, training, and job redesign solutions. e2i is a tripartite initiative of the National Trades Union Congress set up to support nation-wide manpower and skills upgrading initiatives. By applying for this role, you consent to recruitSG’s PDPA and e2i’s PDPA.